“No one thinks of Mexico and Peru as black. But Mexico and Peru together got 700,000 Africans in the slave trade. The coast of Acapulco was a black city in the 1870s. And the Veracruz Coast on the gulf of Mexico and the Costa Chica, south of Acapulco are traditional black lands.”
| Hans Christian Andersen, Author (1805) |
| Giacomo Casanova, Celebrity (1725) |
| Lee DeWyze, Musician (1986) |
| Ajay Devgan, Actor (1967) |
| Buddy Ebsen, Actor (1908) |
| Max Ernst, Artist (1891) |
| Michael Fassbender, Actor (1977) |
| Serge Gainsbourg, Poet (1928) |
| Leon Gambetta, Politician (1838) |
| Marvin Gaye, Musician (1939) |
| Hannes Alfven, Scientist (1995) |
| Franz Halder, Soldier (1972) |